A GRISAILLE-DECORATED PORCELAIN CYLINDRICAL SNUFF BOTTLE
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A GRISAILLE-DECORATED PORCELAIN CYLINDRICAL SNUFF BOTTLE

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A GRISAILLE-DECORATED PORCELAIN CYLINDRICAL SNUFF BOTTLE
REPUBLIC PERIOD
The sides are decorated in grisaille with a fisherman in a boat in a winter landscape and with a poetic inscription that refers to the scene preceded by an iron-red hall mark, Leshan Tang ('Hall of Pleasure from Goodness') followed by two iron-red seals. An apocryphal Qianlong four-character mark in blue enamel is on the base.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
Provenance
K. Y. Liu, Kuala Lumpur, 1966.
Victor Topper, Toronto.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3322.
Special notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, we have marked these lots with Y. Please be advised that a purchaser¹s inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale. With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S., provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).
Sale room notice
Items which are made of, or contain, rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, lots which contain rubies or jadeite of Burmese origin or of indeterminate origin have been marked with ?.

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